Antipater of Thessalonica

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Antipater of Thessalonica (Greek: Ἀντίπατρος ὁ Θεσσαλονικεύς; c. 10 BC - c. AD 38[1]) was a Greek epigrammatist of the Roman period.

Biography[edit]

Antipater lived during the latter part of the reign of Augustus, and perhaps into the reign of Caligula.[1] He enjoyed the patronage of Lucius Calpurnius Piso (consul in 15 BC and then proconsul of Macedonia for several years), to whom several of his poems are addressed.[2] Piso appointed him governor of Thessalonica.

He is named as the author of 35 epigrams in the Greek Anthology, with another 96 being attributed only to "Antipater" but not specifying which Antipater is meant.[2] Antipater is the most copious and perhaps the most interesting of the Augustan epigrammatists.[citation needed] There are many allusions in his work to contemporary history:

Antipater is also known to have proposed an alternative canon of nine female poets to the list of Nine Lyric Poets.[3]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Smith 1870, p. 204
  2. ^ a b Henderson, W.J. (2019). "Some more ways to die: Accidental deaths in Hellenistic epigrams". In die Skriflig. 52 (2): 2.
  3. ^ Fernandez Robbio, Matías S. (2014) «Musas y escritoras: el primer canon de la literatura femenina de la Grecia antigua (AP IX 26)». Praesentia, v. 15, 2014, pp. 1–9. ISSN (en línea): 1316–1857. (online)

Bibliography[edit]

Primary Sources[edit]

  • Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology. Translated by J. W. Mackail (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1890)
  • The Geography of Strabo, V (Loeb Classical Library). Translated by H. L. Jones (Cambridge MA: Harvard UP, 1928)
  • The Greek Anthology, I, II, III, IV, V (Loeb Classical Library). Translated by W. R. Paton (London: Heinemann, 1916)
  • Vitruvius: On Architecture, I, II (Loeb Classical Library). Translated by Frank Granger (London: Heinemann, 1931)

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